Methods of Performing Maintenance on a Two Node Exchange 2007 CCR Cluster

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What methods do you have for performing maintenance on a two node Exchange 2007 CCR cluster? This is what I use:Via the EMS (pre-maintenance steps)On the passive node: Get-StorageGroup | SuspendGroupCopyCheck Event ViewerOn the passive node, check replication status: Get-StorageGroupCopyStatusOn the active node, check replication status: Get-StorageGroupCopyStatusCheck Outlook is still working for usersGet-ClusterMailboxServerStatus -identity CLUSTERNAMEVia the EMS (post-maintenance steps)On the passive node, resume replication: Get-StorageGroup | Resume-StorageGroupCopyOn the passive node, check replication status: Get-StorageGroupCopyStatusUseful ArticlesApplying Exchange 2007 Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers:https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb885043(v=exchg.80).aspxMove a Clustered Mailbox Server in a CCR environment:...
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Answer 1

I thought the virtual IP address by virtue of being 'virtual' should not change? :)
I guess it makes more sense to add the Virtual IPs. You can even add multiple hosts (with different IPs).
Regards
Farrukh